By Harry Fisch, MD This week I want to talk about something I see pretty often in my male patients.  It’s a condition that is often an unrecognized source of problems ranging from the merely inconvenient – having to get up frequently in the middle of the night to pee – to ...

 by Corey Whelan According to recent estimates, roughly six million Americans are affected by infertility today and need medical support in order to have their family.  In 20% of these cases, the underlying cause is male factor infertility.  In 30-40% of these cases, infertility ...

By Harry Fisch, MD My patients often ask me what they can do to improve their sex lives. They’re surprised with I tell them that one of the best things they can do is watch what they eat. But it’s true. After all, as the cliché goes, “You are what you eat.” Your ...

 By Harry Fisch, MD A recent study suggested that about 13 million men in the US alone have a condition that few guys have ever heard of, but which may be causing them some real problems. The condition? Medically, it’s called hypogonadism, but it’s easier to call it ...

 by Fred Licciardi, MD. I need to write a few about cysts. I eventually want to get to Polycystic Ovaries, but I need to clarify the basics first. I will start with the cysts of normal ovulation. The word “cyst” requires a long explanation. Cyst can mean a million things. A ...

by Corey Whelan According to Wikipedia, evolution is defined as a "slow change in groups of living things over time".  One of the tenets of evolutionary theory is that people should actually die of old age once their reproductive lives are complete, at around age 55.  It has, however, ...

by Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W.   New adoptive parents love nothing more than telling their adoption stories,” and people considering adopting never get tire of listening to them.  These stories generally begin with a description of the adoptive parents’ difficulties ...

By Stacey Roberts, BSPT, Q Herbalist, Natural Fertility   Rachel came to me after trying to have a baby for 4 years.  She was at her wits end.  She tried IVF but had hyperstimulated and was unsure of whether to try again. She had not had a menstrual cycle in 3.5 years no matter ...

by Judith Horowitz, Ph.D. If you think that the only treat that could make you smile would be to see a positive over-the-counter home pregnancy test, and that you are the recipient of the world’s worst trick ever i.e., being diagnosed with infertility, read on. And, if you are reading this ...

A Weblog Reprinted from November 15, 2007 by Corey Whelan   My mom never had regular periods. She was married for 14 years and got pregnant when she was 40. She was pregnant for five months before she realized it; everyone thought she was simply getting fat. So, when I, her only daughter, ...